As South Africans entered its 21-day national lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, there remains uncertainty around whether spaza shops and corner stores are considered essential services to the public. The Government Gazette, which outlines the regulations during the lockdown, states that spaza shops that sell essential products[…]
Western Cape police on Tuesday denied that its police stations in Cape Town would close as a result of the novel coronavirus. Police spokesperson Brigadier Novela Potelwa said reports on social media to that effect were “fake news”. The police stations mentioned include, among others, Delft, Mfuleni, Kuils River and[…]
Police are not ruling out the possibility that gang violence may be the motive for a mass shooting in Khayelitsha on the Cape Flats in the early hours of Sunday morning. Seven people were killed and several others injured, including a 6-year-old child. One person has been arrested so far.[…]
Police officers were allegedly too scared to search a property pointed out as a potential hiding place of Moyhdian Pangarker when he was sought for the disappearance of Tazne van Wyk, her grieving mother told Police Minister Bheki Cele on Wednesday. Carmen van Wyk said that after eight-year-old Tazne disappeared[…]
By Qudissiyah Kasu Emotions were high in Oceanview following the senseless shooting of a 7-year-old girl on Tuesday afternoon. Emaan Solomons was killed by a stray bullet in a suspected gang-related shooting while in the yard of her home. She was wounded in the chest and hand and died in[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will be engaging with police management about complaints that officers did not respond effectively in the 8-year-old Tazne Van Wyk murder case. Van Wyk’s body was found in a stormwater drain in Worcester last week. The President met with the family and parents of the[…]
By Qudissiyah Kasu Residents of Oceanview have been left in a state of shock and devastation after a 7-year-old girl was killed in gang crossfire on Tuesday evening. It’s believed little Emaan had been in the yard of her home in Libra street when she was struck by the bullet.[…]
By Qudissiyah Kasu A group of bikers hosted a demonstration to raise awareness about the abuse of the elderly on Saturday the 22nd of February. This was fuelled by the death of Mymoena Koelman, who was allegedly tormented by her drug addict grandson for years without intervention from social workers[…]
In a shocking turn of events, the body of a child, presumably that of the missing 8-year-old Tazne van Wyk, was found in a storm pipe outside Worcester on Wednesday night. Western Cape police confirmed that the suspect Moehydien Pangaker, 54, disclosed the body of the child to police. Pangaker[…]
Anti-crime activists and community members have pleaded with the suspect in the Tazne Van Wyk case to disclose her whereabouts. A person of interest, Mohiden Pangaker, 54, was arrested in Cradock on Monday after he evaded police for ten days. He was the last person seen with Tazne on 7[…]
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